Table 12 Couples and persons in couples with and without children in private households, by cohabitation arrangements, number of children in the family and age. 1 January 2010

12 Couples and persons in couples with and without children in private households, by cohabitation arrangements, number of children in the family and age. 1 January 2010
	Total	Married couples¹			Cohabiting couples

	Total	Total	Without children²	With children²	Total	Without children²	With children²

Total	1 095 512	840 919	497 904	343 015	254 593	108 675	145 918

Number of children in the family
0	606 579	497 904	497 904	.	108 675	108 675	.
1	185 743	118 515	.	118 515	67 228	.	67 228
2	209 977	149 563	.	149 563	60 414	.	60 414
3	76 932	61 238	.	61 238	15 694	.	15 694
4 or more	16 282	13 699	.	13 699	2 583	.	2 583

Persons in couples³, total	2 190 809	1 681 714	995 744	685 970	509 095	217 303	291 792

Age
29 years and younger	190 232	66 943	22 930	44 013	123 289	66 907	56 382
30-44 years	712 935	474 751	50 448	424 303	238 183	51 507	186 676
45-66 years	959 806	825 516	608 679	216 837	134 290	85 675	48 615
67-79 years	257 688	246 273	245 464	809	11 415	11 298	117
80 years and older	70 148	68 230	68 222	8	1 918	1 916	2

¹	Registered partners included.
²	In this table children (unmarried resident) 18 years and older are not included in the grouping of couples. Couples with children aged at least 18 years, are counted as couples without children.
³	Couples and persons in couples has been calculated by the use of different types of weights. Because of this the number of persons in couples are not exactly twice as many as the number of couples.